Chris Stergiou - Manufacturing Consulting
“It is not enough to do your best;
you must know what to do, and then do your best.”
W. Edwards Deming
P.O. Box 302
Chelmsford, MA 01824
ph: 978-866-4030
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Assembly Fixtures
Assembly fixtures are typically manual or semi-automated and are well suited for single piece flow manufacturing. They are typically stand alone stations which take a table top form factor.
Construction is usually a base plate or other simple structure and includes custom tooling and an actuator which will perform the work. The operator will place the product(s) in a custom nest and will actuate the machine cycle via a footswitch or two palm switch input which will then initiate a sequence.
Safety guarding and mutiple step sequencing is accomplished by either simple timer relays or a low I/O count PLC control. Upon completion of the cycle, the processed product is released so that the operator can remove it and repeat the cycle on the next part.
Representative examples can be viewed below by clicking and enlaging the images.
P.O. Box 302
Chelmsford, MA 01824
ph: 978-866-4030
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